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An Android banking trojan has returned with improvements which allow it to record the screens of infected devices while also adding new techniques that help the malware remain hidden from victims.

Can Google win its battle with Android malware?

Cybercriminals are sneaking malicious apps into Google's official app store. Can they be stopped?

First detailed by cybersecurity researchers at ThreatFabric in October last year, BianLian started life as a dropper for other forms of malware, most notably the Anubis banking malware, which has stolen funds from thousands of Android users around the globe.

But the cybercriminals behind BianLian soon changed their tactics, altering the code and re-purposing the malware into a banking trojan in its own right – repeatedly bypassing protections in the official Google Play app store as a means of distributing their malicious payload.

 

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